Monday, June 1, 2009

Economic effects of climate change

There are two interesting links on the effects of climate change out this week:

A new report suggests that 500,000 people may die from climate change in 2030, and that 300,000 already have. (HT to New Scientist)

Richard Tol has a paper out summarizing the literature on the economic impact of climate change. I may be behind the times here, but I thought $10 per tonne was the norm. It looks like $50 per tonne is actually more accurate.

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A short bio

I am a consultant with the World Bank in DC and a recent PhD graduate of economics at the University of California, Irvine. My research is on conflict and post-conflict development, and the economic impact of the environment and environmental change. I am currently working on a randomized impact evaluation for the World Bank in the post-conflict area of northern Uganda.

My two favorite quotes

>> If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

>> One of Einstein's colleagues asked him for his telephone number one day. Einstein reached for a telephone directory and looked it up. "You don't remember your own number?" the man asked, startled.

"No," Einstein answered. "Why should I memorize something I can so easily get from a book?"